Chiropractic Technique: Principles and Procedures

Description:

No other book offers a complete guide to chiropractic adjustive techniques! Chiropractic Technique, 3rd Edition makes it easy to understand essential procedures and provides a rationale for their use. Written by Thomas F. Bergmann, DC, FICC, and David H. Peterson, DC, and backed by the latest research studies, this bestseller describes the basic principles needed to evaluate, select, and apply specific adjustive procedures. With a review of chiropractic history, detailed descriptions of joint examination and adjustive techniques for the spine, pelvis, and extremities, and a companion Evolve website with how-to videos, this book is a must-have reference for students and clinicians.

Features:

• Offers over 700 photos and line drawings depicting the correct way to set up and perform adjustive procedures, clarifying concepts, and showing important spinal and muscle anatomy.
• Includes up-to-date research studies and methods for validating manual therapy.
• Discusses mechanical principles so you can determine not only which adjustive procedure to use and when, but also why you should choose one approach over another.
• Organizes content thematically with a discussion of practical anatomy, kinematics, evaluation, and technique for each joint.
• Covers anatomy and biomechanics in detail, along with adjustive techniques for the spine, extraspinal techniques, and additional techniques for special populations, helping you fully prepare for board examinations.
• Covers the manipulable lesion as a basis for treating disorders with manual therapy, including chiropractic techniques.
• Includes content on low-force techniques to help you treat elderly patients and patients who are in acute pain.
• Includes useful appendices with clinical information as well as interesting historical information, including a feature on practitioners who developed specific techniques.

New To This Edition:

• NEW Evolve website with video clips of the author performing all the adjustive procedures in the book.
• Updated and expanded content covers new information on joint anatomy and assessment including Newton's laws and fibrocartilage, joint malposition, joint subluxation, history of subluxation/dysfunction, and sacroiliac articulation.
• A procedure index printed on the inside of the front cover makes it easier to find specific procedures.

Table Of Contents:

Chapter 1: General Overview of the Chiropractic Profession 

The Past

The Present

The Future 

Conclusions

Chapter 2: Joint Anatomy and Basic Biomechanics

Fundamental Concepts, Principles, and Terms 

Joint Function 

Mechanical Forces Acting on Connective Tissue 

Properties of Connective Tissue 

Models of Spine Function 

Chapter 3: Joint Assessment Principles and Procedures

The Manipulable Lesion 

Subluxation 

Vertebral Subluxation Complex 

Joint Subluxation/Dysfunction Syndrome 

Spinal Listings 

Clinical Evaluation of Joint Subluxation/Dysfunction Syndrome 

Clinical Documentation 

Chapter 4: Principles of Adjustive Technique

Classification and Definition of Manual Therapies 

Joint Manipulative Procedures 

Soft Tissue Manipulative Procedures 

Indications for Adjustive Therapy 

Mechanical Spine Pain 

Joint Subluxation/Dysfunction Syndromes 

Contraindications to and Complications of Adjustive Therapy 

Effects of Adjustive Therapy 

Application of Adjustive Therapy 

Chapter 5: The Spine: Anatomy, Biomechanics, Assessment and Adjustive Techniques

Structure and Function of the Spine 

Evaluation of Spinal Joint Function 

Cervical Spine 

Adjustments of the Cervical Spine 

Thoracic Spine 

Adjustments of the Thoracic Spine and Rib Cage 

Lumbar Spine 

Adjustments of the Lumbar Spine 

Pelvic Joints 

Adjustments of the Pelvis 

Chapter 6: Extraspinal Techniques

Role of the Peripheral Joints 

Temporomandibular Joint 

Shoulder 

Elbow 

Wrist and Hand 

Hip 

Knee 

Ankle and Foot 

Chapter 7: Nonthrust Procedures: Mobilization, Traction, and Soft Tissue Techniques

Joint Mobilization 

Manual Traction-Distraction 

McKenzie Method 

Cranial Manipulation 

Soft Tissue Manipulation 

Conclusions 

Glossary

Appendices

1: Named Chiropractic Techniques

2: Reliability Studies

3: Citation Synopsis